Search Permalinks are messy

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  • April 23, 2015 at 2:33 pm #37881

    Rich B
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    Hi Guys,
    Have a weird problem with search permalinks.
    On my clients site we use the near search and get a resulting url ending like this:
    ?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_place&s=+&snear=grass+valley&sgeo_lat=38.7907339&sgeo_lon=-121.23578279999998

    On a similar site to ours the same near search produces a result like this:
    p/united-states/california/grass-valley/

    I have resaved permalinks etc as Post name but cannot duplicate the SEO friendly results…

    Thanks

    April 24, 2015 at 8:53 pm #37945

    Paolo
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    The first URL is the correct URL of a search page.

    The second not at all. GeoDirectory can’t provide a URL like that for a search under any circumstances.

    I’m amost 100% sure you are confusing 2 different things.

    Search URL are never SEO friendly…

    Thanks

    April 24, 2015 at 9:17 pm #37950

    Rich B
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    April 24, 2015 at 9:29 pm #37951

    Paolo
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    That is a custom search form used as an alternative location switcher.

    It is taking visitors to a location page, not to a search result page.

    Thanks

    April 24, 2015 at 9:32 pm #37952

    Rich B
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    Post count: 36

    Paolo thanks! How could we do the same thing?
    Is it listening for certain city names?

    Thanks
    Rich

    April 24, 2015 at 9:39 pm #37955

    Paolo
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    Custom coding…

    You could contact the owner of that site and ask if he feel like sharing.

    Thanks

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